English-French translations for portrait

• portrait
  On pouvait voir des portraits de Che Guevara, des portraits de Fidel Castro ; on ne peut quand même pas dire alors qu'il s'agissait de fascistes. You could see portraits of Che Guevara and of Fidel Castro, so you cannot just say that Fascists were involved.
  Pour tirer un souriant portrait à 16, ou à 17, si le Président du Parlement est toléré? To have a smiling portrait of 16 or 17, including the President of the European Parliament?
  Plusieurs moines tibétains ont récemment été condamnés pour avoir été en possession de portraits du Dalaï Lama. Recently, some Tibetan monks were sentenced, allegedly for possessing portraits of the Dalai Lama.
• portraiturer

Definition of portrait

• A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders
• An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc
• A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides
• To portray; to draw
• Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal

Examples

• The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
• a portrait bust; a portrait statue

Related words

• self-portrait
• portraitist
• portrait photography
• family portrait
• role portrait
• ancestral portrait
• self portrait
• mummy portraits